Gilmore v. Davis

Martha Gilmore appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment dismissing her various state-law tort claims against Stephen Allen Davis and Al Gallico. The district court, applying Tennessee law, held that Gilmore’s claims were time-barred under the applicable statutes of limitations, which began to run when Gilmore acquired knowledge of the factual predicate of her claims thirty years ago. We hold that summary judgment in this case was improper because the evidence regarding when Gilmore’s cause of action accrued under Tennessee’s discovery rule presents a genuine issue of material…